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\"\"Johnny Crowder, Founder and CEO of Cope Notes<\/a>, faced many challenges during his childhood and adolescence. Growing up in an abusive household surrounded by drugs and alcohol, Johnny developed severe mental illness and was afraid to tell anyone what he was going through. He eventually started treatment in high school and in college, went on to earn a psychology degree.<\/p>\n","show_glossary":false,"glossary":null,"show_infographic":false,"infographic":null,"show_document":false,"document":null,"show_video":false,"video_caption":"","video_youtube_id":"","video_image":false,"show_image":false,"sidebar_image":false,"sidebar_image_caption":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"

After his studies, Johnny became passionate about helping others understand and manage their own mental health struggles. That passion led to Cope Notes, developed to help others feel less alone and aid in accessing the tools they need to heal.<\/p>\n

Cope Notes sends daily SMS text-message prompts and updates to improve youth and adult mental health. Users receive randomly timed text messages throughout the day, designed to proactively interrupt negative thought patterns. Messages include psychology facts, journaling prompts, and exercises that are proven to reduce stress, anxiety and depression by teaching symptom management skills and training the brain to think healthier thoughts.<\/p>\n

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Every Cope Notes message is developed by a peer who has experienced their own mental health struggles and is reviewed by mental health professionals to ensure clinical effectiveness. The platform also leverages AI technology to detect when a user may benefit from connecting with a trained crisis counselor. When necessary, Cope Notes guides users to access the national 988 Lifeline and its mental health resources via text.<\/p>\n

The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that 1 in 5 U.S. adults and 1 in 7 youth experience mental illness. While digital health services have rapidly increased in scale and sophistication over the last several years, many Americans lack the resources to take advantage of these new tools.<\/p>\n

Cope Notes was built with SMS as its backbone because of its broad reach and ease of access. This approach requires no downloads, no software updates or passwords and no technical fluency.<\/p>\n","show_glossary":false,"glossary":null,"show_infographic":false,"infographic":null,"show_document":false,"document":null,"show_video":false,"video_caption":"","video_youtube_id":"","video_image":false,"show_image":false,"sidebar_image":false,"sidebar_image_caption":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"quote","text":"98% of text messages are read, and 90% of those are read within 3 minutes of receipt! Over time, our research in delivery method led to a firm belief in and commitment to SMS, which has served as a competitive advantage time and time again.","name":"Johnny Crowder, Cope Notes Founder & CEO ","source":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"

Cope Notes has exchanged 6 million text messages with 50,000 users and counting. Over 89% of Cope Notes participants report improved mental and emotional health, and 34% report that Cope Notes helped prevent a crisis.<\/p>\n

We are thrilled to recognize Cope Notes as a Catalyst<\/a> 2026 finalist!<\/p>\n","show_glossary":false,"glossary":null,"show_infographic":false,"infographic":null,"show_document":false,"document":null,"show_video":false,"video_caption":"","video_youtube_id":"","video_image":false,"show_image":false,"sidebar_image":false,"sidebar_image_caption":""}],"url":"meet-the-catalyst-2026-finalists-cope-notes","meta_title":"","meta_keywords":"","meta_description":"","footer":[{"acf_fc_layout":"learn_more","heading":"Catalyst","copy":"A grants program for ambitious social entrepreneurs using the power of 5G and leading edge wireless technologies.","button":"Learn More","link":"https:\/\/www.wirelessfoundation.org\/catalyst"},{"acf_fc_layout":"related","related":[{"ID":4791,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2026-06-09 13:44:47","post_date_gmt":"2026-06-09 13:44:47","post_content":"","post_title":"Introducing our Catalyst 2026 Finalists","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"introducing-our-catalyst-2026-finalists","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-06-09 15:47:57","post_modified_gmt":"2026-06-09 15:47:57","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"\/news\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4788,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2026-06-09 13:44:35","post_date_gmt":"2026-06-09 13:44:35","post_content":"","post_title":"CTIA Wireless Foundation Announces Finalists in Catalyst 2026 Grant Program","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"ctia-wireless-foundation-announces-finalists-in-catalyst-2026-grant-program","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-06-09 13:44:35","post_modified_gmt":"2026-06-09 13:44:35","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"\/news\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4702,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2026-01-07 14:19:15","post_date_gmt":"2026-01-07 14:19:15","post_content":"","post_title":"Accelerating Wireless Powered Impact with Catalyst 2026","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"accelerating-wireless-powered-impact-with-catalyst-2026","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-07 14:19:15","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-07 14:19:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"\/news\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}]}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/api.wirelessfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/api.wirelessfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/api.wirelessfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/api.wirelessfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/api.wirelessfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4825"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/api.wirelessfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4853,"href":"https:\/\/api.wirelessfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4825\/revisions\/4853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/api.wirelessfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/api.wirelessfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/api.wirelessfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}